Strikes by marine workers at Scottish Royal Navy bases suspended STRIKES by marine workers at Scottish Royal Navy bases have been suspended following talks with the Ministry of Defence. The National (Scotland) · Mar 6, 2025
Strikes by marine workers at Navy bases suspended Unite the Union will now be involved in consultations on a new contract between Serco Marine and the MoD. Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025
Three suicides at NSW detention centre raise inquest questions over missed medication and care A New Zealander, Malaysian and Sierra Leone national separately killed themselves inside Villawood over a three-year period The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2025
Parklea correctional centre to return to public hands as NSW reverses ‘failed prison for profit model’ Minns government says contract with prison operator MTC Australia will end in late 2026 The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2025
Scottish Royal Navy tugboat crews to strike over contract dispute ROYAL Navy tugboat and marine services crews based in Scotland are set to take strike action in March in a dispute over proposed contract changes. The National (Scotland) · Feb 27, 2025
Royal Navy tugboat crews to walk out in contract dispute Unite said 300 of its members at Devonport, Portsmouth, Faslane, Great Harbour Greenock and Kyle of Lochalsh will take industrial action in March. Evening Standard · Feb 27, 2025
Royal Navy tugboat crews balloted for strike action amid safety concerns Royal Navy tugboat and marine services crews, some of whom move nuclear submarines, are being balloted for strike action amid safety concerns. The National (Scotland) · Feb 3, 2025
Royal Navy tugboat crews balloted for strike action The workers are employed by Serco Marine. Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025
Mystified by Serco’s mission statement Brief letters: Gaie Delap | Outwitting teacher | Keyboard v pen | No Paddington | God and Trump | Defining Maga The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
Keeping Gaie Delap in jail is a travesty of justice Letters: Readers respond to the recall to prison of a 78-year-old woman who was convicted of causing a public nuisance in a protest on the M25 The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2025
Serco boss Mark Irwin to retire after 12 years Mr Irwin will leave on February 28 and be replaced as chief executive by Anthony Kirby, who currently heads up the group’s UK and Europe division. Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2025
This 77-year-old climate activist should never have been jailed – and now faces a Kafkaesque struggle to get out A failure of justice, and draconian Tory law, put Gaie Delap in prison. A failure of government is keeping her there, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2025
FTSE slumps as Bank of England holds interest rates The FTSE 100 finished 93.79 points, or 1.14%, lower to end the day at 8,105.32. The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024
Outsourcer Serco hails strong momentum after rise in new orders Serco said new business will help offset the impact of losing immigration contracts in the UK and Australia. The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2024 New immigration detention subcontractor accused of price-fixing on ADF contracts Spotless Facility Services and Ventia Australia allegedly colluded while holding service contracts at more than 200 Australian defence force sites
Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024 Outsourcing firms likely to signal lower revenues as NI changes weigh on costs Capita and Serco are both predicted to point towards dips in sales when they provide trading updates for shareholders next week.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2024 Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention Exclusive: Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation, will begin operating the centres from early 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024 Hundreds of trials derailed by failure to get defendants to court on time Number of trials in England and Wales declared ‘ineffective’ because of delays has almost trebled under contracts Serco and GeoAmey
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024 French-born man died in ‘unnatural circumstances’ in immigration detention centre, inquest hears Theophile Kaliviotis, 26, was waiting to be deported when he was found dead by staff on 27 October
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024 Death in UK immigration removal centre is the first believed to be linked to the drug spice Staff at Brook House had warned it was ‘only a matter of time’ before someone died as a result of taking the drug
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024 Asda boss says £100m hit from Labour budget could affect wages and hiring Shares in UK retailers fall as investors digest Rachel Reeves’s changes to NICs and tax thresholds
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 FTSE 100 Live 08 November: British Airways owner IAG soars on results beat, retail stocks struggle IAG shares soared in the FTSE 100 index today after the British Airways owner reported a bumper summer.
TechRadar · Nov 6, 2024 Hackers disabled tracking devices and panic alarms on prison vans A huge cyberattack took out security subcontractor’s tracking devices
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024 Profits of Home Office asylum housing provider rise to £90m a year Graham King, boss of contractor Clearsprings, entered Sunday Times rich list with net worth of £750m
The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024 Fewer women may go to jail in England and Wales in sentencing review Review to examine scrapping short sentences and treating more offenders in the community, with prisons filling up again